2,148 pasteli recipes

Classic French compound butter with shallots, garlic paste, and fresh parsley. The essential beurre d'escargots for snails a la Bourguignonne, ready in 15 minutes.

Authentic Chinese stir-fried chicken and asparagus in fermented black bean sauce with garlic and sherry. A savory, glossy wok dish with tender thigh meat that rivals your favorite takeout.

Sephardic-style date haroset made from simmered date paste with sweet wine, cinnamon, and chopped walnuts. A rich, fruity Passover tradition that keeps for two weeks.

Napa cabbage wok-braised with dried shrimp, Chinese mushrooms, mustard greens, sherry, and soy sauce, finished with rendered chicken fat. An authentic Chinese side with deep umami layers.

Crispy baked filo parcels filled with curried vegetables, bean sprouts, and fresh coriander. A lighter, oven-baked alternative to deep-fried samosas with a golden, flaky shell.

Traditional Greek sesame honey candy (pasteli) made with just two ingredients. Toasted sesame seeds and boiled honey set into crunchy, chewy sticks that store beautifully.

Garlic mud chicken roasted under a thick paste of 50 garlic cloves, olive oil, Cajun spice, and flour that bakes into a crispy, flavor-sealing crust. Seriously garlicky.

Lightened almond macaroons with wheat germ replacing almond paste, baked at ultra-low temperature. Only 30 calories per cookie with crisp, airy texture.

Fresh fall vegetables: broccoli, fennel and leeks. Or you can use cauliflower, cheesy flavor in the delicate crust with a nice tang from the olive tapenade.

Sunflower seed bannock (Missiiagan-Pakwejigan) from Mohawk tradition, made by simmering and crushing sunflower seeds into a paste with corn flour, then pan-frying into flatbreads.

DIY Halloween makeup uses pantry corn syrup, cornstarch, and food coloring layered with tissue strips for kid-safe, lickable face paint. Build warts, scars, and ghoul effects.

Thai stir-fried gemfish with green beans and mushrooms in a lemongrass-garlic paste with fish sauce, crushed peanuts, and bird's eye chillies. A fast, fragrant weeknight dinner served over rice.

Roast caribou marinated overnight in vinegar and garlic, browned in a skillet, then roasted low and slow with a mustard, brown sugar, and Worcestershire paste.

Pad phed pladuk: a fiery Thai catfish curry built on a from-scratch pounded chili paste of lemongrass, galangal, and kaffir lime, with fish fried in fresh coconut cream. Bold, aromatic, and seriously hot.

Chinese four-vegetable steamed platter with baby corn, straw mushrooms, bok choy, and tomato arranged like a flower and finished with a glossy chicken-fat sauce thickened with cornstarch.

Braised baby goat with ground saffron-almond paste, pancetta, tomatoes, and potatoes. A one-pot Mediterranean stew with deep, complex flavor built from that almond-saffron base.